Curtis v. Island Development Corp.

This is an appeal from the Ottawa County Court of Common Pleas.

The issue in this case revolves around the applicability of the statute of limitations, and, as is common with statute-of-limitations questions, resolution depends on the underlying facts.

The facts in this case are essentially uncontested. On December 10, 1969, National Resort Lands, Inc. executed a mortgage and a note in favor of Glenn Graffice & Son, Inc. The note, for $35,196.02, was due and payable forty-seven weeks later, on November 4, 1970. The note was never paid, but on September 12,1985, Graffice assigned the note and…